Vladimir Lenin Quotes - Page 6

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• Sometimes quantity has a quality all its own.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Quality, Sometimes, Quantity

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• Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on

  Vladimir Lenin

  Tombstone, Pigeons, Revolutionary

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• The Jewish bourgeoisie are our enemies, not as Jews but as bourgeoisie. The Jewish worker is our brother.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Brother, Enemy, Bourgeoisie

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• In capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority. The dictatorship of the proletariat, the period of transition to communism, will for the first time create democracy for the people, for the majority, along with the necessary suppression of the exploiters, of the minority.

  Vladimir Lenin

  People, Democracy, Minorities

  "The State and Revolution". Book by Vladimir Lenin, 1917.

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• If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Eugenics, Years, People

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• It is essential to grasp the incontestable truth that a Marxist must take cognisance of real life, of the true facts of reality, and not cling to a theory of yesterday, which, like all theories, at best only outlines the main and the general, only comes near to embracing life in all its complexity.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Real, Yesterday, Essentials

  Doug Jenness, Vladimir Ilích Lenin, Ernest Mandel, Socialist Workers Party. National Education Dept (1985). “Bolshevism and the Russian Revolution”, Pathfinder Pr

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• The leaders of the petty bourgeoisie must teach the people to trust the bourgeoisie. The proletarians must teach the people to distrust the bourgeoisie.

  Vladimir Lenin

  People, Leader, Bourgeoisie

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• False rhetoric and false boastfulness spell moral ruin and lead unfailingly to political extinction.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Freedom, Political, Democracy

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• Hang (hang without fail, so the people see) no fewer than one hundred known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Men, People, Failing

  "Lenin's Hanging Order" on August 11, 1918. "The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive". Book by Richard Pipes, p. 50, 1996.

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• Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Writing, Likes, Restriction

  V. I. Lenin (2008). “Lenin on Literature and Art”, p.24, Wildside Press LLC

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• A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Reality, Revolution, Impossible

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• To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Development, Sin, Accepting

  "Uncritical Criticism". Nauchnoye Obozreniye magazine, Nos. 5 and 6, May and June, 1900. Collected Works, Volume 3, pages 609-632, www.marxists.org.

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• The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Sex, Russia, Rights

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• The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief.

  Vladimir Lenin

  War, Relief, Alternatives

  "The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It". October 1917 pamphlet. Collected Works, Volume 25, pages 323-369,

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• Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Army, Evil, Police

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• The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Political, Bourgeoisie, Republic

  Vladimir Il'ich Lenin (1975). “Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh”

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• Our aim is to achieve a socialist system of society, which, by eliminating the division of mankind into classes, by eliminating all exploitation of man by man and nation by nation, will inevitably eliminate the very possibility of war.

  Vladimir Lenin

  War, Men, Class

  "War and Revolution: A Lecture Delivered May 14 (27), 1917". Pravda No. 93, April 23, 1929. Collected Works, Volume 24, pp. 398 - 421, www.marxists.org.

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• Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Triumph, World, Communism

  Vladimir Il'ich Lenin (1975). “Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh”

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• We shall not achieve socialism without a struggle.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Struggle, Socialism, Achieve

  "Activities of the Council of People's Commissars". Book by Vladimir Lenin, Collected Works, Vol. 26, pp. 459-61, January 24, 1918.

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• It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Time, Insomnia, Law

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• Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Political, Foundation, Politics

  "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism" by Vladimir Lenin , (p. 5), 1913.

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• Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development at which the dominance of monopolies and finance capitalism is established; in which the export of capital has acquired pronounced importance; in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun, in which the division of all territories of the globe among the biggest capitalist powers has been completed.

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  Development, World, Territory

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• The Marxist doctrine is omnipotent because it is true. It is comprehensive and harmonious, and provides men with an integral world outlook irreconcilable with any form of superstition, reaction, or defence of bourgeois oppression. It is the legitimate successor to the best that man produced in the nineteenth century, as represented by German philosophy, English political economy and French socialism.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Philosophy, Men, Political

  Vladimir Il'ich Lenin (1975). “Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh”

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• Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Attitude, Freedom, Democracy

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• Imperialism: The final stage of Capitalism.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Finals, Imperialism, Stage

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